# Mollick says personal AI agents like Dot lack transparency about tasks and memory

> Original title: This is some good advice on working with a Dot (I will never stop capitalizing it, OpenAI!) but also a sign of the issues with the UX of ...

- Source: Ethan Mollick
- Published: 2026-10-31T00:07:18.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/iyyizt7qilncfzfms81f5s48o
- Original: https://x.com/emollick/status/2116321075164500438

## Summary

Ethan Mollick says personal agents such as Dot are hard to use because users cannot easily see what the agent is working on, what it knows about them, or what it will do for them. He presents this as a UX problem affecting personal agents in general, and endorses advice about working with Dot.

## Post

This is some good advice on working with a Dot (I will never stop capitalizing it, OpenAI!) but also a sign of the issues with the UX of Dot (& all personal agents) right now: you can't easily tell what they are working on, what they know about you, and what they will do for you

## Quoted post @nickbaumann_

> https://x.com/i/article/2116298153058037760

https://x.com/nickbaumann_/status/2116302459358572942